Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York state enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school massacre, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and background checks for buying ammunition.

So they lowered the magazine limit from 10 to 7. The Newtown shooter had a Connecticut compliant firearm so it already had 10 rd magazines. The only thing illegal about the rifle and or pistols used was the fact its was obtained by murdering someone. I watched a lot of the discussion before voting and even the people that voted yes agreed that the new NY laws will do little to stop any of these situations but they needed to do something. The whole package is severely flawed there are so many amendments already to make corrections. Communism at its finest.

Flyer5 wrote:So they lowered the magazine limit from 10 to 7. The Newtown shooter had a Connecticut compliant firearm so it already had 10 rd magazines. The only thing illegal about the rifle and or pistols used was the fact its was obtained by murdering someone. I watched a lot of the discussion before voting and even the people that voted yes agreed that the new NY laws will do little to stop any of these situations but they needed to do something. The whole package is severely flawed there are so many amendments already to make corrections. Communism at its finest.

But in Oregon, Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller wrote a letter to Biden Monday saying his department will not enforce any new gun laws it considers unconstitutional.

Mueller said politicians are "attempting to exploit the deaths of innocent victims" by supporting laws that would harm law-abiding Americans. The sheriff said he took an oath to support the Constitution, and laws preventing citizens from owning certain semi-automatic firearms and ammunition magazines would violate their rights.

"We are Americans," Mueller wrote. "We must not allow, nor shall we tolerate, the actions of criminals, no matter how heinous the crimes, to prompt politicians to enact laws that will infringe upon the liberties of responsible citizens who have broken no laws."

But in Oregon, Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller wrote a letter to Biden Monday saying his department will not enforce any new gun laws it considers unconstitutional.

Mueller said politicians are "attempting to exploit the deaths of innocent victims" by supporting laws that would harm law-abiding Americans. The sheriff said he took an oath to support the Constitution, and laws preventing citizens from owning certain semi-automatic firearms and ammunition magazines would violate their rights.

"We are Americans," Mueller wrote. "We must not allow, nor shall we tolerate, the actions of criminals, no matter how heinous the crimes, to prompt politicians to enact laws that will infringe upon the liberties of responsible citizens who have broken no laws."

I like that Tim Mueller. He's got a good head on his shoulders and apparently, he's read the Bill of Rights and the Constitution and knows what both actually mean. Wish the rest of the empty soul idiots in the government did.

Wish MA had people like that in charge. Everyone's bought and paid for in this state, just like Chicago. If you stand up for the Constitution in MA, you go nowhere politically. It's as opposite the Founders intent as you can get.